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I actually had $10 To win on Mine That Bird.
Why may you ask? Well it wasn't as big an upset as many believe.
A: The horse has shown tremendous speed early and ruined it by running wide.
B: Borel rides, after winning by the length of the stretch with Rachel Alexandra in the Oaks.
C: The horse had a good 2 Yr old year.
D: 3rd race as a 3 yr old, and 3rd off a layoff.
E: All in all, the horse needed to save energy from the wide trips. Borel ran Rachel Alexandra on the inside of the track, as he did ALL DAY at Churchill on the 2nd. Every one of Borel's trips were on the inside. The style he was running his horses fit Mine That Birds needs. Add that to the mix of a muddy track where closers couldn't come close. It leaves Pioneer of the Nile, Mine That Bird, and Papa Clem that have a legitimate shot. So I put $10 on each to win and boxed the 3 in an Exacta.
But it is a quite questionable he had $300,000 in the win pool though!
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